Gracey

This is a question I see on a regular basis in the forums; sometimes in the journal entries as well.

I know that RB has posted this information in the forums, though for most new people it’s difficult to find. When you run a search from “my bubble” it doesn’t pick up forum threads, and if you aren’t a forum watcher (or don’t know the forums are there) you don’t even know you can search there.

For anybody looking for the base information for required image sizes, the forum thread to see is in The Learning Centre Forum – FAQ listing posted by Peter

What the post doesn’t tell you is that the various print sizes differ from image to image, based on the uploaded size of your image.

Below are the minimum redbubble required pixels for printing, as well as 3 images of my own showing the uploaded pixel size, and the resulting printout size at redbubble. I hope this will help give an idea of what you’ll get from the image size you have.

NB: if you have images that aren’t large enough for what you want, please see the end of the post for help

redBubble Minimum Sizes for Prints

Cards: 1300 pixels X 900 pixels

Small prints: 1600 pixels X 2400 pixels
Med. Prints: 2160 X 3240 pixels
Large prints: 2560 pixels X 3840 pixels

Posters small: 2500 pixels X 3500 pixels
Posters medium: 3500 pixels X 5000 pixels
Posters large: 5000 pixels X 7100 pixels

Clothing: 2400 pixels X 3200 pixels

Here are 3 of my uploads with the uploaded pixel dimensions, and what I can print from them:

Strokes of the Lily (uploaded size 4200 X 5067)

Cards
Matted Prints 9.6 X 11.5
All Other Prints: Small 8 X 9.65, Medium 12 X 14.48, Large 16 X 19.3
Posters: Small 16.5 X 19.9, Medium 23.4 X 28.2 (large is not available)

Softest Dreams (uploaded size 7200 X 5023)

Cards
Matted Prints 12.6 X 8.8
All Other Prints Small 11.4 X 8, Medium 17.2 X 12, Large 22.9 X 16
Posters Small 23.3 X 16.2, Medium 33 X 23, Large 46.8 X 32.6

On The Wind (uploaded size 3900 X 2571)

Cards
Matted Prints 12 X 8
All Other Prints Small 12 X 7.9, Medium 18 X 11.8, Large 24 X 15.8
Poster Small 23.3 X 15.3 (other sizes not available because the uploaded file is not large enough)

What You can Do if Your Images are Too Small

Please have a look at the links below – these are various methods and instructions for increasing your image size so you can print the larger image sizes on redbubble.

WARNING: image quality must be excellent in order to increase from small to large, so be sure your original sized image is of good quality. Increasing your images too much will cause artifacting that will show up in your large print.

Basic Resizing Tutorial
How I Enlarge Images and Preserve Their Quality by Steven Love

I know there are other image size tutorials, but I wasn’t able to find them doing a search. Please, if you have (or know of) other tutorials that are relative to this journal, post a link to them in the comments.